Hi,
@Jc3131 , sure, I've had situations like that, and it's a PITA, but as time goes by and you learn more about insulin, it's possible to do normal stuff like a few beers with mates, even though our new normal is different from theirs. We do have to think more about insulin dosing, there's no getting away from that, but there a few tricks which can be played.
Some of these will give your DSN a nervous breakdown, the units quoted are all mine, YDMV, it's a lot easier with cgm, and it still might not play out well at 3am...
Here's my current cgm trace, see pic below. Got up late because it's Saturday and I'm on holiday, 80g full fried breakfast brunch with a 5u/5u split at about 4pm, pre-bolused 9u ahead of a beer at about 17:30.
That's the first trick, bolusing quite heavily, 9u seems a ridiculous amount for a 15 to 20g estimated beer, but I do it because I know that (a) carbs in beer absorb quickly, and (b) it will be followed up with another few beers as the night progresses, and the 9u will take care of those too, because the time pattern of the insulin will broadly match the rate at which I'm drinking beer.
Doing it that way means you're correcting in advance, before it needs to be corrected, because it's not got high in the first place.
Second tip is that the 9u is likely not enough to deal with a few more pints, so there's then a series of layered, stacked insulin for each subsequent pint, with the amounts decreasing or increasing depending on how close I'm getting to closing time, because that will have an effect on how much iob I have and that will influence whether I'm planning on having a kebab, some cheese on toast or just some biscuits before bed.
Third trick is that the overall aim is to keep track of iob as that will be the thing which causes bad night hypos if you're not tracking it, try to have a modest amount on board end of night and that amount and general bg state will inform whether it's a kebab, toast or biscuits etc. to avoid a night drop.
Good luck, there are many ways to hit the town and not hit 15, but, sure, they need a bit of thought!